PSYCH 1X03 - Classical Conditioning

Ivan pavlov

a scientist who completed the conditioning experiment with a metronome, dog and dog food.

Contingent relationship

the presentation of a stimulus that reliably leads to the presentation of another

Classical conditioning

the learning of a contingency between a particular stimulus that leads to an event that are paired in time/space

Unconditioned stimulus

a stimulus that occurs naturally, prior to learning

Unconditioned response

the response that occurs after an unconditioned stimulus, which occurs naturally

Conditioned stimulus

a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditional stimulus to eventually trigger a response on its own

Conditioned response

A response that occurs once the contingency between conditional stimulus and the unconditional stimulus has been learned

Spontaneous recovery

the sudden recovering of a conditional response following a rest after extinction

Extinction

the diminishing of a conditioned response

Stimulus generalization

the process in which a similar stimuli of the conditional stimulus will trigger an elicit conditioned response

Stimulus discrimination

Restricting the range of the conditional stimulus that triggers an elicit conditional response

CS+

Predicts the presence of a conditioned stimulus

CS-

predicts the absence of a conditioned response

Implosive therapy

the sudden exposure to the thing that invokes a conditioned stimulus in order to confront it

Systematic desensitization

The gradual process of confronting some thing that invokes a conditional stimulus by using things that fall under the stimulus generalization

Compensatory response

A response which counteracts a challenge facing homeostasis

Four things to know about classical conditioning

1. Classical conditioning generates multiple responses.

2. Classical conditioning establishes preferences and adversions

3. Classical conditioning underlies various psychological conditions

4. Pairing the unconditional stimulus and conditional stimulus is not sufficient for conditioning to occur